Transit Operators

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The Everyday Way to Drive Your Career

Here’s your chance to advance your career while enjoying Edmonton’s diversity. Become a part of our transit team! Drive others and your career to places you might never have imagined possible. Whether you become a full-time or part-time transit operator, DATS operator, or community service operator, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that career advancement and rewards are well within your reach.

Success requires more than drive

If you truly want to become a transit operator for the City of Edmonton, your ambition is a great first step. But this kind of work requires a certain type of person, and we seek a unique combination of qualities. We are looking for those who are:

Passionate for public service: when representing the City of Edmonton in our communities

Detail-oriented: multi-tasking to keep your eyes on the road while being aware of the needs of your passengers

Organized: staying on schedule is vital to your success

Customer-service oriented: putting the customer first is one of our most important values

Caring: serving the public requires the ability to notice when people have special needs and providing them with the required service they need

Responsive: recognizing an emergency as it happens and reacting appropriately.

Learn about the opportunity from our transit operators

Now that you know a thing or two about what we do, maybe it’s time to hear from the people who represent the driving force behind our success: our transit operators.

In addition to working with a very nice team of drivers, you can easily find a shift to suit your lifestyle. The wages and benefits are very good, too.

— Denise Meyer, Community Service Operator

What defines the City of Edmonton as an employer? I would say equal opportunity, career advancement and a self-starter attitude. You’re encouraged to learn about different cultures and work as a team. And the backgrounds of the people who work here are very diverse.

— Harpreet Singh, DATS Operator

I like meeting new people, as well as building a rapport with the regulars you see on your route every day. In some cases, you might be the first person they talk to that morning. When you make someone smile, that makes you feel good.